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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Combiner Type:&nbsp; </STRONG>This option has 
several different suboptions, that relate to how the plugin renders graphics in 
the plugin, through the OpenGL rendering engine. Several different combiner 
options are available: </FONT></P>
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  <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>OpenGL 1.1 (lowest) : </STRONG>All OpenGL 
  capable video cards should support this</FONT> . 
  <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>OpenGL 1.2/1.3</STRONG> :This is a 
  improvement of the OpenGL 1.1 combiner. It is for video cards that lack what 
  is known as "Texture Crossbar" support.</FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>OpenGL 1.4: </STRONG>This combiner is for 
  video cards that support "Texture Crossbar".&nbsp; The GeForce 4's and ATI 
  Radeon 8500 support this combiner.</FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>OpenGL&nbsp;for&nbsp;Nvidia TNT or better: 
  </STRONG>This combiner is specifically for Nvidia video cards from the TNT 
  series</FONT> . 
  <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>OpenGL&nbsp;for&nbsp;Nvidia Geforce or 
  better: </STRONG>This combiner is for all Nvidia cards starting from the 
  GeForce 256.</FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>OpenGL Fragment Program Extension: 
  </STRONG>This combiner is the best combiner. It is for video cards that 
  support OpenGL 1.5 and above. This combiner uses what is known as "fragment 
  programs" (pixel shaders in DirectX).</FONT></LI></UL>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Depth Buffer:</STRONG></FONT> <FONT 
face=Arial size=2>This option sets the bit-depth for the depth buffer. This 
option doesnt need to be changed.</FONT></P> </FONT></body>
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